What exactly does Puig hope to learn from Cuba? Yes, they do conserve energy, but that's because they have no choice, they can't afford the oil imports.
The Cuban experience in "alternative energy"? Which???? They have not done much in wind or solar yet, nothing in geothermal, wave or OTEC, they do not yet have any greater capacity in ethanol or biodiesel than the DR, so what is it? Experience in burning bagasse from sugar production? Big deal.
How they deal with climate change??? Huh??? Well, given their lower degree of industrialization, their smaller transport fleet, etc., what can they tell Puig about how the DR can mitigate, adapt and address climate change that Puig didn't already know before he boarded the plane?
Yes, they have increased forest cover on their island, but then they do not have the market economy and aggressive tourism expansion that the DR does, so how does the experience translate to the DR?
Yes, they reuse and recycle heavily, but that's because they must, especially since spare parts and certain materials are scarce.
I don't know, doesn't seem to add up. I wonder how others see it. Is there any reporting on this in the DR media?
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The Cuban experience in "alternative energy"? Which???? They have not done much in wind or solar yet, nothing in geothermal, wave or OTEC, they do not yet have any greater capacity in ethanol or biodiesel than the DR, so what is it? Experience in burning bagasse from sugar production? Big deal.
How they deal with climate change??? Huh??? Well, given their lower degree of industrialization, their smaller transport fleet, etc., what can they tell Puig about how the DR can mitigate, adapt and address climate change that Puig didn't already know before he boarded the plane?
Yes, they have increased forest cover on their island, but then they do not have the market economy and aggressive tourism expansion that the DR does, so how does the experience translate to the DR?
Yes, they reuse and recycle heavily, but that's because they must, especially since spare parts and certain materials are scarce.
I don't know, doesn't seem to add up. I wonder how others see it. Is there any reporting on this in the DR media?
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Cuba y R. Dominicana conversan sobre medio ambiente y ahorro de energ?a
02 de Abril de 2007, 05:31pm ET
La Habana, 2 abr (EFE).- El secretario de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de Rep?blica Dominicana, Max Puig Millar, convers? hoy con autoridades cubanas sobre ahorro de energ?a y planes para reducir los efectos del cambio clim?tico.
En una reuni?n con el ministro de Ciencia, Tecnolog?a y Medio Ambiente de Cuba, Fernando Gonz?lez, y otros funcionarios del sector, Puig Millar manifest? su inter?s por las experiencias cubanas en el uso de fuentes renovables de energ?a y su programa de ahorro energ?tico, seg?n informaron medios locales.
Puig Millar calific? de "valiosas" la experiencias cubanas para la preservaci?n del entorno y consider? que las iniciativas de la isla son de "suma utilidad".
"Estamos interesados en aprovecharlas al m?ximo", dijo.
El titular dominicano se mostr? interesado en ?reas relacionadas con la reducci?n de la contaminaci?n, biodiversidad, reproducci?n de especies, manejo de cuencas hidrogr?ficas y ahorro energ?tico.
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